The Qumran Community

by Michael A. Knibb

Overview

Knibb provides fresh translations of substantial extracts from the Qumran writings together with an exegetical commentary to create a source book for the study of the Qumran community. Each piece has been carefully selected; instead of presenting a large number of isolated scraps, Knibb limits his choices to the several more impressive tracts. The great importance of this book lies in the exegetical commentary that confronts interpretative problems raised by each of the writings translated here.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780521285520
Publisher:	Cambridge University Press
Publication date:	07/09/1987
Series:	Cambridge Commentaries on Writings of the Jewish and Christian World , #2
Pages:	288
Product dimensions:	5.43(w) x 8.58(h) x 0.75(d)

Table of Contents

General editors' preface; List of abbreviations; Chronological table; Introduction; The Damascus document; The community rule; The rule of the congregation; The hymns; The genesis apocryphon; The prayer of Nabonidus; The commentaries; Florilegium; Testimonia; Index.